Before going any further, I must warn readers that the material contained in this
article is not for the faint-hearted, and many may find it highly disturbing.

It concerns reports and communications I have received from higher sources. These
reports concern an alien civilization that perpetuates sinister and barbaric practices
against beings on their own planet. It has been a solemn reminder to me, that although
there are many loving beings in the universe, there are also many who do not respect life
and are plainly deceitful and sadistic, and not to be trusted.

I cannot elaborate on the source of my material. Hopefully, readers will feel the
truth behind my words, and use their own discretion to understand what they can.

The first reports came to me approximately 4 years ago. My 'source' began
describing this civilization to me in horrific detail. I will attempt to bring words to
describe my memory of this discourse. It began with a description of the ruling class on
the planet. Their history is littered with cruel and inhumane acts, so I suppose with that
in mind, their present-day situation is hardly surprising. The ruling class have many
sympathizers to the down-trodden, yet the uncaring greatly outnumber them, so their voice
is hardly heard.

There is one section of society who are treated so despicably I grimace at the
thought. This group are imprisoned, and the ruling class are impervious and ignorant to
their cries of pity and distress. They beg for pity and for a release from their torment,
to be allowed to live their lives as they see fit and not be shackled and imprisoned
against their will. Their prison cells are so small, they cannot even turn around and they
never feel the warmth of their planet's sun on their bodies. Yet, the ruling class do not
care for them and are disdainful of the cries. But this is not the most horrifying aspect
of this cruelty.

The poor imprisoned souls have one final indignity to suffer. They are killed for
the tables of the ruling class. They have no dignity even in death. They live miserable
lives only to end up as food for the ruling class. Each individual is forgotten and simply
looked upon as a lower species. The cruelty and lack of compassion is intolerable. I
thanked God that our world is safe from this treachery.

Actually -- if the truth be known -- I am indeed talking of our world.

The "sub-class beings" I described are animals. If you were horrified
that this could happen on another planet, be horrified even more that it happens on your
own. The animals I described are those who are intensively or "factory farmed."
It is true that most are kept in stalls so narrow that they can't turn around. It is also
true that many never see the sun. Some are chained to the walls or floors of their
enclosure for the duration of their lives. They are artificially inseminated and they must
suckle their young through the bars of the stall until they are cruelly taken away after a
short time.

If we truly are a caring species, then our compassion must extend to the other
sentient beings who inhabit our planet.

Battery hens are kept in tiny cages and can't even spread their wings. They are
often debeaked, as chicks, with a hot wire guillotine. Cattle are kept in feedlots where
there is no room for them to graze and they cannot walk to a pond to drink or shade
themselves under a tree. Pigs suffer in the most appalling conditions to satisfy the
bellies of humans. Millions of animals are slaughtered every day for our food, for our
clothing, for our "entertainment," or for scientific research.

Please know with certainty that there has never been any major scientific advances
achieved through testing on animals. There ARE alternatives to wearing animal by-products,
and you WON'T die if you do not eat your 'meat'.

There are many famous vegetarians including Leonardo da Vinci, Plato, Pythagoras,
Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer, Percy Bysse Shelley, George Bernard Shaw... the list
goes on and on.

There are also world-champion athletes, runners, triathletes, body-builders, and
power lifters who insist on a vegetarian diet. Not only will you not die if you give up
meat eating, you will find that you feel MUCH better. There's a wonderful lightness of
being and you will find that all of your bodily functions will improve.

We all want a world with less strife and more compassion. Please, let's begin that
compassion in the kitchen.